Written by

Sophia Voravong
svoravong@jconline.com

In 13-year-old Ashaun Baker's former hometown, the city of Chicago, more than 500 people were killed last year .

Compare that to one homicide in 2012 for all of Tippecanoe County, where Baker and his family live now, in an apartment complex off Haggerty Lane in Lafayette.

For the Tecumseh Jr. High School student, that meant walking without worry - after dark, and alone - Wednesday night from his apartment building to his sister's apartment building to borrow a calculator. ...